My Gorgeous Neighbor Is Cooking Every Day - Chapter 36

Chapter 36

Although the movie was very moving, Jiang Yingyue was right, and she felt the same way as Jiang Yingyue: more than death, she feared separation.

While watching the movie, the two were sitting very close. With a slight lift of her eyes, she could see Jiang Yingyue’s face close by.

Looking at Jiang Yingyue’s face and her pure, starry eyes, her heart inexplicably skipped a beat.

She felt a little embarrassed and wanted to look away, but Jiang Yingyue didn’t avert her gaze, still looking at her. Xia Xingye resisted the urge to look away, but the more she looked, the drier her throat became.

Xia Xingye stammered: “Sister… I, I think I feel a little unwell.”

“Where do you feel unwell?” Jiang Yingyue’s attention was immediately diverted. She reached out and touched Xia Xingye’s forehead. Her forehead was slightly warmer than usual, but not to the point of a fever.

Jiang Yingyue wasn’t sure, so she leaned closer, forehead to forehead, to check the temperature.

The sudden closeness made Xia Xingye’s brain short-circuit. She slightly parted her lips, staring without blinking at the person in front of her.

Jiang Yingyue gently pressed against her forehead, and only after sensing the temperature did she slightly retreat. Seeing Xia Xingye’s reaction, she also felt a little awkward. She got up and said: “I’ll go shower first.”

She walked quickly, locking herself in the bathroom. The water pouring over her body helped her calm down slightly. Xia Xingye’s reaction just now was clearly the same as hers. Xia Xingye also liked her; it wasn’t just her imagination.

She had previously suspected that Xia Xingye was only temporarily interested in her and had no other feelings. Now, she realized that she was the one who had been overthinking things. Xia Xingye’s treatment of her had always been different from how she treated others, something she saw clearly at the quiet bar today.

Later, when they were going to sleep, Xia Xingye asked softly: “Sister, will we be together forever?”

“Yes, we will,” Jiang Yingyue replied.

Xia Xingye’s question, in Jiang Yingyue’s ears, was undoubtedly an affirmation of their relationship.

Jiang Yingyue had no experience and didn’t know that a relationship needed to be formally declared. In her eyes, if Xia Xingye’s actions didn’t constitute a romantic relationship, what did?

Jiang Yingyue thus tacitly accepted that she and Xia Xingye were dating. With the title of “lover,” Jiang Yingyue became even more attentive to Xia Xingye.

She would no longer feel embarrassed to accept gifts from Xia Xingye. She would accept Xia Xingye’s gifts and prepare a return gift. She did this not to keep a distance from Xia Xingye, but to express her fondness for Xia Xingye’s gifts, and her fondness for Xia Xingye.

She believed her actions were obvious, but she was completely unaware that Xia Xingye didn’t know why she was doing this, only assuming that Jiang Yingyue was slightly more open because she had become more familiar with her.

Xia Xingye was slow-witted, but she did notice a difference in how Jiang Yingyue treated her when they went to the business office to change her phone plan.

Because Jiang Yingyue rarely used her phone, by the time Xia Xingye found out, Jiang Yingyue’s phone plan had automatically renewed. Xia Xingye saw that it cost 300 yuan a month, and was stunned, asking Jiang Yingyue: “Sister, why did you subscribe to so many strange plans?”

Jiang Yingyue wasn’t sure and asked her in return: “Aren’t these mandatory?”

“Of course not!” Xia Xingye said anxiously. “Let’s go, we need to go to the business office to sort this out.”

“Do we have to go to the business office?” Jiang Yingyue was reluctant to go. “Can’t we just call or text?”

Xia Xingye sighed heavily and said: “Sister, you’re too naive. On the phone, you can only change a lower-priced plan to a higher-priced plan. They won’t easily let you change a plan from high to low.”

“It’s only a few hundred yuan. Let’s just forget about it.” Jiang Yingyue really didn’t want to go to the business office.

It was only a few hundred yuan.

“No! It’s just a short walk. At worst, you don’t have to say anything at the business office; just let me handle it.”

Hearing Xia Xingye say that, Jiang Yingyue reluctantly nodded, agreeing to go to the business office with Xia Xingye to change the plan.

At the business office, Jiang Yingyue was very obedient and handed her phone to Xia Xingye.

The staff asked Xia Xingye: “Is this lady in need of assistance?”

Xia Xingye said: “This isn’t my phone, but whatever the issue is, you can just tell me.”

The staff glanced at Xia Xingye and then at Jiang Yingyue, finally apologizing: “I’m sorry, but the person who owns the account must handle the transaction themselves.”

Xia Xingye rolled her eyes and said: “The person is right here. I’m just answering the questions for her.”

She thought the staff would cooperate after she said that, but the staff still insisted: “I apologize, but it really can’t be done.”

Seeing the staff member just smile sweetly, Xia Xingye immediately got annoyed and asked: “What can’t be done? Does your business office have a rule that the person must sit down? It’s not some particularly important service; we just need to change the plan.”

The staff member said awkwardly: “Madam, if you continue like this, I will have to ask you to leave.”

Xia Xingye could tell she wasn’t really going to ask them to leave. She was just threatening them, implying that if Xia Xingye insisted on handling the business for Jiang Yingyue, she would kick her out.

“It’s okay, I’ll do it myself,” Jiang Yingyue suddenly held Xia Xingye’s hand and said softly, “It’s just handling a transaction. If there’s any problem, just tell me.”

Xia Xingye took a deep breath, glared at the staff member, but didn’t argue further, and let Jiang Yingyue sit down.

After Jiang Yingyue sat down, the staff member reached out and said: “Ma’am, please hand me your phone.”

Xia Xingye couldn’t help but ask: “You haven’t even told us what business we’re here to do, and you’re already asking for the phone?”

The staff member ignored Xia Xingye, looking only at Jiang Yingyue and saying: “What do you need to do? You can tell me after you give me your phone.”

Xia Xingye was utterly frustrated, but Jiang Yingyue gently squeezed her hand, signaling her to be patient. She could only purse her lips and remain silent, waiting to see what the staff member intended to do.

Jiang Yingyue trusted Xia Xingye, and she also saw that the staff member was trying to take advantage of her apparent meekness, which was why she insisted on having her handle the transaction instead of Xia Xingye. However, with Xia Xingye right there, Jiang Yingyue wasn’t worried that the staff member would deceive her and Xia Xingye wouldn’t intervene.

Jiang Yingyue handed her phone to the staff member and said: “I only need to change the plan to the ‘keep-the-number’ plan. Nothing else is needed.”

Many people came here to change to the ‘keep-the-number’ plan, so the staff member was unconcerned. While operating Jiang Yingyue’s phone, she asked: “Are you sure you want to change to the ‘keep-the-number’ plan? After changing, you won’t have any data or talk time. At that point, using data and making calls will incur charges, and these charges can be quite substantial. I advise you to keep your current plan.”

She was verbally advising Jiang Yingyue not to change the plan, but her hands didn’t stop operating for a second. Even though Jiang Yingyue rarely dealt with these things, she could see what the staff member was doing.

Before Xia Xingye could speak, Jiang Yingyue said in a low voice: “What are you doing?”

The staff member’s hand paused, then she continued the operation. She said calmly: “I’m just checking which plans you’ve subscribed to.”

Her expression remained unchanged as she spoke, and her tone didn’t accelerate at all, as if she were truly just checking Jiang Yingyue’s current plans.

Jiang Yingyue looked up at Xia Xingye, who was standing beside her, and whispered: “It’s okay, I can handle it.”

Jiang Yingyue was happy that Xia Xingye was willing to help her, but she didn’t want Xia Xingye to get angry because of her. Her emotions were relatively stable. No matter what the staff member said, she wouldn’t get angry, even though she knew the staff member was trying to mislead her.

After being soothed by Jiang Yingyue, Xia Xingye didn’t say another word, focusing only on Jiang Yingyue, waiting to see what Jiang Yingyue would do. Xia Xingye trusted Jiang Yingyue’s judgment. Although Jiang Yingyue usually didn’t like interacting with people and preferred to be alone unless necessary, even that didn’t negate the fact that Jiang Yingyue herself was very capable.

During the process, Jiang Yingyue didn’t say anything, nor did she object to anything the staff member said. After the operation was complete, Jiang Yingyue took the phone and asked again: “Are you sure you only changed the plan to the ‘keep-the-number’ plan and didn’t perform any other operations?”

The staff member looked at Xia Xingye with a slightly guilty conscience, then looked back at Jiang Yingyue, who was clearly not good at socializing, and nodded: “Yes, I only changed it to the ‘keep-the-number’ plan. Nothing else was changed.”

Jiang Yingyue watched her for a long time. The staff member sighed in relief when she stood up. However, instead of leaving, Jiang Yingyue stood in front of the counter and used her phone.

The text messages on her phone had been completely deleted. She then opened an app, found the several additional plans, and showed the phone screen to the staff member, asking: “What are these?”

She hadn’t had these plans on her phone before. Although she did have many random plans earlier, these specific ones were new, and the activation date displayed was today.

It was obvious who had done it.

Despite this, the staff member still didn’t admit it, stubbornly asking Jiang Yingyue: “Is there a problem with this?”

Jiang Yingyue sneered: “Is there a problem? There’s a big problem. I didn’t subscribe to these plans before, and I didn’t ask you to activate them just now. I even asked you if you only changed the ‘keep-the-number’ plan.”

The staff member was clearly getting anxious, but she didn’t admit it and continued: “You can check your text messages. There are no messages about these. Activating these requires text message confirmation.”

“Requires text message confirmation?” Jiang Yingyue asked the staff member.

Without waiting for the staff member to nod, she chuckled: “I haven’t even looked at my messages. How do you know they’re not there? Did you delete my messages?”

“You must be joking,” the staff member said with a forced smile. “If you don’t have anything else, please leave. I have other customers to assist.”

As she spoke, she pressed the bell next to her, signaling the next customer to come forward for service.

The customer walked up behind Jiang Yingyue, but Jiang Yingyue didn’t move aside. She stared at the staff member and said: “If you don’t give me an explanation today, I won’t leave here. You can call security if you want, but if you call security, I’ll call the police.”

The staff member had genuinely intended to call security to escort Jiang Yingyue and Xia Xingye out. Hearing what Jiang Yingyue said, she could only grit her teeth and ask: “Then what do you propose? I’ll cancel the services for you.”

“Just cancel them?” Jiang Yingyue wasn’t going to let her off that easily.

This behavior was completely unlike her usual personality. Xia Xingye was a little worried that Jiang Yingyue was pushing herself, but then she heard Jiang Yingyue whisper to her: “I’m making her apologize to you.”